Danish PM: airport drone incursion a ‘serious attack’ on critical infrastructure | Denmark

The Danish Prime Minister said that after the country’s drone attack has closed Copenhagen airport for several hours, it has been subjected to the most serious attack on the critical infrastructure of Denmark.

Mette Frederiksen said the authorities are still investigating who was behind the suspicious hybrid attack, but could not exclude Russia.

Moscow rejected any participation. Dmitry Peskov, Spokesman of Kremlin, accused Frederiksen of making “unfounded accusations ..

Danish police said that on Monday night, two or three large drones, which are seen close to the main airport of Southern Sweden, fly by a talen talented operator ,, who wanted to show that they have certain abilities. No suspicion has been identified so far.

Dun The drones in Denmark came more than one way, the police said, opened and closed their lights for several hours before they disappeared.

Norway’s main aviation center Oslo Airport was also forced to close for three hours after two drones were observed there.

Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded in the Scandinavian region with two events and the flight had to be directed. Authorities in Denmark and Norway are investigating whether the two landscapes are related.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre accused Russia of violating the Norwegian airspace three times in recent months.

Frederiksen said in a statement that he was a reflection of the reflection of the time we live and what should be done as a society ”.

“The police evaluate that this is a talented actor and that the Copenhagen police work closely with the pet [the Danish security and intelligence agency]On the investigation of the Danish Armed Forces and the International Partners, this continues at full speed. ”

“We do not ignore any option about who is behind. And it is clear that this has recently followed other drone attacks, airspace violations and hacker attacks on European airports.”

In an interview, he said that it should be seen in the context of everything that happens in Europe ”.

On Tuesday morning, “We saw drones on Poland, we saw activity in Romania, violations of the Estonian airspace, we are doing a hacker attack on European airports at the weekend, and now Donsa and Norway,” he said.

“Therefore, I can only say that this is a serious attack on the critical infrastructure of Denmark in my eyes.”

Authorized, “He said that the attack is aimed at creating uncomfortable and unrest. To create concern. See how far you can go and test the boundaries.”

“I cannot deny that there is Russia in any way. We see a series of hybrid attacks and sabotage and attempt to sabotage.

“Russia has violated the Norway three times this spring and summer three times.

“We cannot determine whether this is deliberately or because of navigation errors. Whatever the reason, this is unacceptable.”

This year, he described the three Norwegian incidents as smaller than Estonia, Poland and Romania as a smaller in the scope ,, but after more than 10 years they came without such an incident. “Nevertheless, the events we take very seriously.”

Two of the events were on the sea regions in the north of Vardø, which was close to the border of Russia and Norway, and the third was in a deserted area along the land border in Eastern Finnmark. Gahr Støre said border violations lasted one to four minutes. According to the Norway government, the first event on April 25 included a Russian SU-24 fighter plane; Second, a Russian L410 Turbolet aircraft on July 24; And the third included a Russian Su-33 fighter aircraft on August 18th.

Separately, on Monday night, a couple from Singapore, 50s and 60s tourists were arrested for flying a drone in the center of Oslo. The drone is examined by the authorities and there is no doubt that it is related to drone views in Oslo or Copenhagen airports.

Jens Jespersen, Director of a Danish Police Chief, said the airport drone incident: “This is a talented operator.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Russia was behind the Copenhagen incident. Danish police refused to comment on the allegation.

Among the theories investigated by the police, drones may have been initiated from ships. Copenhagen Airport is a short distance to one of the most intense transport lanes in the world, carrying baltic and hundreds of Russian “Shadow Fleet” ships and sanctions are applied.

Jacob Kaarsbo, former chief analyst of the Danish Defense Intelligence Agency, said the launch of one of these ships in the Baltic was the “most possible option .. The drones said that there were approximately 2.5 meters (8FT) wide, fixed -wing drones that would require a special launch mechanism, which was probably the work of a state actor.

“We saw that Russia had previously started drones from Shadow Fleet ships, Ka Kaarsbo said, referring to a recent event in German waters. “We have seen this Modus Operandi used Shadow Fleet ships to start drones, discover or disturb the public order.”

Although larger models can often go longer distances, Kaarsbo is still not likely to do a drone without perception to Copenhagen Airport from outside Russian.

The European Commission President Ursula von Der Lenin said that he talked to Frederiiksen about the Copenhagen incident: “While the facts are still founding, it is clear that we witnessed the pattern of difficulties on our borders.”

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that the incident in Denmark was too early to say whether Russia depends on airspace violations elsewhere in Europe.

There have been a number of deductions in European airports in recent days. On Friday, cyber attack on check-in and boarding systems caused problems in London Heathrow, Berlin and Brussels.